Russia to become Member of the Montreal Convention

Federal Law No. 52-FZ, published on April 4, 2017 will make Russia part of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air 1999 (Montreal Convention). The relevant amendments to the Russian Air Code are made by a separate Bill No. 28636-7. As successor of the Soviet Union, Russia alrerady is part of the Warsaw Convention of 1929. A full list of current parties to the several multilateral air law treaties is availbale at the ICAO website at http://www.icao.int/secretariat/legal/lists/current%20lists%20of%20parties/allitems.aspx.